diff --git a/engines/prince/resource.h b/engines/prince/resource.h
index a2cd8a62621..8fb2b94bd97 100644
--- a/engines/prince/resource.h
+++ b/engines/prince/resource.h
@@ -24,14 +24,19 @@
 #define PRINCE_RESOURCE_H
 
 #include "common/stream.h"
+#include "common/memstream.h"
 #include "common/archive.h"
 #include "common/debug-channels.h"
 #include "common/ptr.h"
 
+#include "prince/decompress.h"
+
 namespace Prince {
 
 namespace Resource {
 
+static Common::SeekableReadStream *getDecompressedStream(Common::SeekableReadStream *stream);
+
 template <typename T>
 bool loadFromStream(T &resource, Common::SeekableReadStream &stream) {
 	return resource.loadStream(stream);
@@ -39,13 +44,15 @@ bool loadFromStream(T &resource, Common::SeekableReadStream &stream) {
 
 template<typename T>
 bool loadResource(T *resource, const char *resourceName, bool required) {
-	Common::ScopedPtr<Common::SeekableReadStream> stream(SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName));
-	if (!stream) {
+	Common::SeekableReadStream *stream_(SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName));
+	if (!stream_) {
 		if (required)
 			error("Can't load %s", resourceName);
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	Common::ScopedPtr<Common::SeekableReadStream> stream(getDecompressedStream(stream_));
+
 	return loadFromStream(*resource, *stream);
 }
 
@@ -61,26 +68,30 @@ bool loadResource(Common::Array<T> &array, Common::SeekableReadStream &stream, b
 
 template <typename T>
 bool loadResource(Common::Array<T> &array, const char *resourceName, bool required = true) {
-	Common::ScopedPtr<Common::SeekableReadStream> stream(SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName));
-	if (!stream) {
+	Common::SeekableReadStream *stream_(SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName));
+	if (!stream_) {
 		if (required)
 			error("Can't load %s", resourceName);
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	Common::ScopedPtr<Common::SeekableReadStream> stream(getDecompressedStream(stream_));
+
 	return loadResource(array, *stream, required);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 bool loadResource(Common::Array<T *> &array, const char *resourceName, bool required = true) {
 
-	Common::ScopedPtr<Common::SeekableReadStream> stream(SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName));
-	if (!stream) {
+	Common::SeekableReadStream *stream_(SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName));
+	if (!stream_) {
 		if (required)
 			error("Can't load %s", resourceName);
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	Common::ScopedPtr<Common::SeekableReadStream> stream(getDecompressedStream(stream_));
+
 	// FIXME: This is stupid. Maybe loadFromStream should be helper method that returns initialized object
 	while (true) {
 		T* t = new T();
@@ -93,6 +104,28 @@ bool loadResource(Common::Array<T *> &array, const char *resourceName, bool requ
 	return true;
 }
 
+static Common::SeekableReadStream *getDecompressedStream(Common::SeekableReadStream *stream) {
+	byte header[4];
+
+	stream->read(header, 4);
+	stream->seek(0);
+
+	if (READ_BE_UINT32(header) == MKTAG('M', 'A', 'S', 'M')) {
+		byte *buffer = (byte *)malloc(stream->size());
+		stream->read(buffer, stream->size());
+
+		Decompressor dec;
+		uint32 decompLen = READ_BE_UINT32(buffer + 14);
+		byte *decompData = (byte *)malloc(decompLen);
+		dec.decompress(buffer + 18, decompData, decompLen);
+		free(buffer);
+
+		return new Common::MemoryReadStream(decompData, decompLen, DisposeAfterUse::YES);
+	} else {
+		return stream;
+	}
+}
+
 }
 
 } // End of namespace Prince